# Making docs easier on the eyes

> Source: <https://herbertlui.net/making-reading-docs-easier-on-the-eyes/>
> Published: 2026-08-08 15:11:00+00:00

Firefox has a really great [Reader feature](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-reader-view-clutter-free-web-pages), which turns pages of long text into a more readable layout. It feels much softer on the eyes.

However, it doesn’t work for Google Docs. And I have to review a lot of Google Docs, which I often find very hard on the eyes.

Yesterday, I described the problem I was experiencing to Claude, and prompted it for some solutions. One possible option was to use Google Docs’ Publish Link feature, which actually works with the Reader feature, however I didn’t want to risk losing privacy.

I prompted Claude to code a solution. For additional context, I also downloaded an HTML file of one of the pages Reader had converted, and then uploaded it to Claude. It generated an HTML file that looks like this, which I can paste text into:

Here’s an example of what Google Docs looks like, and the custom reader:

It makes for a much more pleasant reading experience. It took a minute or two for Claude to generate. Even though it’s only a very basic solution for reading—not text editing—I have found some relief in it.